Returning to life

Agencies Published April 7, 2011

A chef serves fatty tuna and pickles rolls for customers at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo. -AP

A shopper looks at vegetables for sale, grown in Ibaraki, Chiba, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures north of the Japanese capital, an area affected by the nuclear crisis to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, at Tokyo's Daimaru department store. -AFP Photo

Japanese women sort through freshly caught fish at the Hirakata fish market in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture. Levels of radioactive iodine and caesium in seawater immediately outside the plant have spiked, raising fears over marine life in a country whose diet depends heavily on seafood. -AFP Photo

Children attend a ceremony on their first day of school at Shimizu elementary school in Fukushima, northern Japan. -Reuters Photo

Japanese figure skating Olympic gold medallist Shizuka Arakawa (R), who grew up in Sendai, signs autographs for tsunami-effected evacuees as she visits a shelter in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture. -AFP Photo

Evacuees take a footbath at a shelter in in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. -AP Photo

A girl smiles on her first day of school at the Shimizu Elementary School in Fukushima, northern Japan.

Ofunato middle school basketball players practice with balls at an evacuation center in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. -AP Photo

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Rattled by radiation concerns after the devastating tsunami and earthquake of March 11, schools and businesses resume in Japan in a bid to return to normal life.

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Sarah Farrukh

Apr 07, 2011 02:45pm

i Salute to the Japanies People they are really hard word and brave people....

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Khaldoon

Apr 07, 2011 04:11pm

The smiles on the faces of children after nature devastation in Japan, put smiles on our hearts. May Allah bless them with more courage and happiness. Ameen

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Munir Khan

Apr 07, 2011 05:14pm

Its my dire desire to see same spirit as of Great Japanese in my people. My people are bravest in the world but external interferences make these poor and selfish. My hearty wishes for Japanese brothers and sisters for renaissance and happier life than before.

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sami

Apr 07, 2011 09:38pm

I remember the story by great intellectual ishfaq ahmed on PTV,long story short,some one came to a scholar saying some nation got destroyed by war or disaster & scholar peacefully replied,no problem.person said,how come its not a problem. scholar replied on your way,did you see a old man teaching kids under a tree? person said yes , scholar then nothing is going to happen & every thing will be fine..When such a huge disaster struck on a japnise nation & the first thing in rebuilding they have a mobile schools for the children so they don't lose the time of studies,its a sign this nation is unshakable & ready to meet any challenges.

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Munir Moosa

Apr 08, 2011 01:39am

I salute the determination and the will power of the people of Japan, who, despite of such heart-felting incident, returned back to their lives. Bravo! We must learn the value of dignity of work.

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